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OT- What's this sand in cartridge fuses?
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Hi, Jeff.
The sand is not to quench the arc, but to hold the fusable material
steady through all those years of heating almost to the fusing point,
and then cooling. Without the sand support, the thin material would
rather quickly break.
Paul, KD7HB
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